Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sugrue was superb, turning in a Carl Lewis-like four-win performance in the high jump, triple jump, 100 hurdles, and 400 hurdles. "She's really something," commented team member Lois Brommer. "She does that almost every week...
...Gustafson leaped to first place in the high jump and long jump. "We expected to do a little better," he said. "A few of our key people were missing...
...most Americans, the question that gnaws like an engine knock is how much time they will have to enjoy cheap oil. Will it give the U.S. a long, easy journey or just a nostalgic joyride? The highly volatile price of oil could jump several dollars a barrel in only a few days, or it could lie low. Many energy experts have begun warning that oil prices below $10 per bbl. will set up the U.S. for another oil shock in the future. In fact, when adjusted for the inflation that has taken place over the years, today's oil price...
Tough talk like that demonstrates the ominous desperation of regimes suffering from dried-up oil dreams. Says Hormats: "The geopolitical impact of the oil-price collapse is immense and unpredictable." A Bank of America report issued last week predicts that average inflation in the Middle East will jump from 28% to 40% by 1988 and that the region's economic growth will be a slow 1% to 2% a year. Oil producers, especially those with heavy foreign debts, may pick the U.S. as a worthy target. Writing in the current issue of Foreign Affairs, Edward Morse, a former Deputy Assistant...
...none delivers on its annual promises more consistently than college basketball's national championship. Another stirring finish last week carried Louisville over Duke, 72-69, by the caprice in the fading seconds of a Cardinal shot so badly missed that only another Louisville man was in a position to jump for the ball: 6-ft. 9-in. Freshman Pervis Ellison...